Celebration of Discipline
by Richard J. Foster
Twelve spiritual disciplines in three groups: inward (meditation, prayer, fasting, study), outward (simplicity, solitude, submission, service) and corporate (confession, worship, guidance, celebration). The 1978 book that reintroduced the disciplines to evangelicals, and still the standard introduction.
Read it if…
you want a map of the classical spiritual practices.
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Skip it if…
you want one practice taught deeply.
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Three things you will actually use
- Disciplines are means of grace, not merit.
- Inward, outward, corporate.
- Celebration is a discipline too.
Do this first
Read the chapter on simplicity and the one on solitude.
Our verdict
The map of the disciplines.
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